The Sun. — London, England, 1836-03-04 00:00:00

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock •— Ditto Bonds 5 4 pm. South Sea Stock ......... -- Old Annnities New Ditto 89% . . ...... . 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... Exch, Bills, .£l,OOO. l9 21 pm. Ditto .500 l9 21 pm. Ditto Sinel Ditto Commercial — Prn• Ditto Advertised .......... Batik Stock for Acc0unt......... tndia Stack for A c count ....... Consols for Account ............ 91%% THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds ..».•».•••••••••• Ditto Account Portuguese Ditto Account Ditto New 80nd5...'794 8% 9 814 Ditto Account ...7913( 8% 9 B!,i Ditto, 3 per cent ..... A 9 14 8N 9 Prussian Bonds RUSSiatl Bonds, 1822 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic 'Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1834 45 1 4 5 4 3 4 Ditto Account VA I A% 5 4 3 4 French, 5 per cent 109 f. 25c. 4 per cent —f. —c. 3 per cent —f. —c. Exchange 2sf. 65c. Dutch, 2% per cent. 55 % 3A Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent 10514 % Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Cata Branca Mining Company Polberou Consols Mining Company Birmingham and Derby Railway Company 5 14 1 ,4 Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company 5 1256 Bristol and Exeter Railway Company 2% 6% 7% 8 Calcutta and Suagur Railway Company Cheltenham and Great Wcstern Railway Commercial Blatkwall Railway Company 2 3 Great North of England Railway Company Great Western Railway Company lO 40 1 4014 41 1 4 Hull and Selby Railway Company 5 8 Brighton Railway Company 5 1834 18 Brighton (Rennie's) London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway Company 5O 12314 Landon and Greenwich Railway Company 2O 3014 1 London 'and Southampton Railway Company l5 24 % 5 3 2;, Northern and Eastern Railway North Midland Railway Company 5 12 34 4 South Eastern Railway Company S 3N London and Westminster Bank 2O 24 Provincial Dank of Iratand 25 4334 MAILS. .... --. Arrived. Du - , Arrived. Due. Arnved. Due. 0 America ri 1 France 0 0 Lishon 0 0 Brazil • 0 0 Guern.ScJersey 0 0 Malta 0 BuenosAyrr.l... 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Carthagenl...... 0 1 Holland 0 0 Ostend 0 1 Dublin.... I Flander6 MGR Al'Elt AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning. '33 minutes after 3. I Erening 47 minutes after 3 THE KING'S THEATRE. M. J. LAPORTE respectfully begs leave to inform the Nobility, Sub scribers to the Opera, and the Public, that this THEATRE WILL OPEN TOMORROW EVENING, when will be presented BellinPs Opera Seria, in Two Acts, intitled LA STRANIERA. Principal Characters by Mad. Colleoni-Corto (from the Theatre Milan, her first appearance in this country), Mad. E. Seguin, Mad. Cas telli, Signor Cartagenova (from the Theatre Milan, his first appearance in this country), Signor A. Giubilei, Signor Troyano, and Signor IN inter (his first appearance those three years.) After which will be produced a New Ballet, in One Act, by Mon. Des hayes, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations, intitled LE ROSSIGNOL. The Music composed by M. Nadaud. Principal Dancers—Madlle St. Romain (from the Theatres Berlin and Paris, her first appearance in this country); Madlle Kepler, Madlle Chavigny, and 3laddle Varin ; Mon. Couston (from the Theatre Royal Lisbon, his first appearance in this country), M. Gouriet, M. Saxoni (from the Opera, Paris), and M. Coulon. M. J. Laporte has the honour of informing the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, that on Monday next, the Box-office will be removed to 21, Old Bond-street, where applications for Boxes, S'alls, and Tickets, will be received. Owing to the unusually extensive demand for Boxes and Stalls, M. J. Laporte earnestly solicits the answer of those Subscribers who occupied them last year, the numerous applications he has received making it ne cessary that the vacant ones should be disposed of forthwith. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets for the season, to be made to M. Laporte, at the Box-office, from eleven to five o'c'ock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING the whole of Handel's Oratorio of THE MESSIAH. Principal Vocal Performers—Messrs. Braham, Hobbs, Henry, Seguin Hawkins, and H. Phillips ; Miss ShirrefT, and Mrs. H. R. Bishop. Principal Instrumental Performers Messrs. Lindley, Nicholson Willman, G. Cooke, Signor Dragonetti, and Miss Jonas. HAMBURG, FEBRUARY 24, 18.36. THIS DAY, being the FOURTH DAY of DRAWING of the BIXTY-SEVENTH HAMBURG GREAT LOTTERY, No. 1,126, say One Thousand One Hundred and Twenty-six, obtained the First drawn Prize of Bancomarks One Thousand, and the Premium of Bancomarks 100,000 net. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 5 minutes past Three o' Clock. 7.....,... t ...,:-. 7 • ---J:t4. 1 ',..--- r- 3 ;:' ; 4 r d3:•-• - `~' ~;-st such an apprehension ; but certainly not a Whig one. The latter have no existence but through the people• Popular opinion is the very breath of their nostrils— the key-stone of the arch that supports them. Surely then justice to themselves, as• well as to the community, demands that they extend the influence of this opinion as much as possible; and how is this to be effected, but by the removal of a tax, whose only effect—for, as a question of revenue, it is not worth consideration—is to keep the vast mass of the population in a state of Cimmerian darkness ? Down then with all imposts on knowledge, and be the good sense of the people the only (as it is invariably the surest) support of the Government. The former have shown that they arc worthy of confidence, by the moderation and sagacity with which they have used the weapons lately entrusted o them. Many causes concur in producing and giving a per• manence to the disturbances which threaten the secu rity of life and property in Ireland. An alien and oppressive Church—an absentee landed aristocracy— a factious and prejudiced magistracy—a proseletyzing resident gentry—and a defective education, the bitter fruit of degrading penal statutes, are generally put first : but one cause remains behind greater than all these put together—the want of employment for the people. An idle indigent people, smarting under a sense of wrong, and conscious of a strong desire to im prove their condition, never can be peaceable, or- duly, virtuous, or happy. Men inferior to the first Roman Emperor have prepared themselves to die de corously by the thrust of a dagger ; but greater men than the conqueror of the world would not suffer with equanimity the horrors of starvation in the midst of plenty. No man who is acquainted with the priva tions of the Irish poor—with the state of almost indescribable misery in which they vegetate—with the contumely to which their unmerited poverty exposes them—and who at the same time is acquainted with their ardent and inflammable disposition, can feel surprised that every past effort to tranquillize that country has been ineffectual. The two great causes of crime—poverty and ignorance—are constan:ly at work in their hovels and in their hearts. They are not qualified to judge of any question except as it influences their feelings. They know that they are poor because they feel that they are hungry and naked, and want the means of procuring food and clothes. They think they are wronged because those who could supply their necessities will not accept of their labour—all they have to offer—in exchange. They ask for bread, and the dispensers of all eleemosynary benefactions offer them Bibles. "I am starving," groans the Irish peasant. " Here is heavenly manna," responds some fair enthusiast ; " whosoever eateth of this bread shall never hunger ; here, too, is the fountain of living waters—drink, and be filled with the plenitude of di vine mercy." " I am naked, my wife is naked, my children are perishing from cold and hunger." " Obstinate, unhappy wretch 1" continues his Mo nitor, " Why not clothe your family in the gar ments of faith ? Here are robes enwrapped in which you will be richer than princes in purple !" Supposing the poor Irishman, like the waggoner in the fable, to have the power of relieving himself, is not such language calculated to make him fold his arms and remain buried in the ditch for life ? But a better spirit is now abroad in England, and we are happy to say, in Ireland too. Enthusiasm has had its day ; its professors are retiring from the field of legislation ; and it devolves upon a more rational race to eradicate the vices of a system which can only not be called wicked, because its advocates were not inten tionally the abettors of evil. We make these observations in the spirit of Sir H. MUSGRAVE'S speech in the House of Commons last night, when he moved for and obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the establishment of County Boards in Ireland. Judging from the whole tenor of that speech, as well as from a previous knowledge of the state of the poor in the sister country, we are disposed to give Sir H. MUSGRAVE'S measure our best support. The principle is undoubtedly excellent ; And, from Mr. WYsE's concurrence in the proposed Bill, we have every reason to believe that the several provisions contained in it have been ma turely weighed and examined. Air. `VISE is no enthusiast ; his knowledge of the real state of Irc- land, and of the nature of the remedies appli cable to most of the evils which afflict the populace is very extensive ; and his caution in concurring in expedients of Merely a temporary nature is so well known, as to be a subject of complaint among the Ultra-Liberals of his own party. For all these reasons we look forward to the passing of this Bill with great satisfaction, because we are persuaded that it will assist in relieving the condition of the indi gent poor. At the same time care must be taken to make it harmonize with the Poor Law Bill of the pre sent Government—which we trust will be in a condi tion to be laid before Parliament before the County Boards Bill passes the Committee of the House of Commons. We have received a file of New York papers to the 11 th of February inclusive. The mediation of the British Government between the United States and France has been received by the Cabinet of WASH INGTON ; so that there is now an end of the war-cry in the States. According to the new arrangement, England will receive the money from France and re mit it to the United States, by which means all col lision will be prevented. The whole of the Paris papers of Wednesday have been received. Their contents are uninteresting, beitv chiefly confined to the details of Marshal CLAusEL's African expedition. In our extracts from the French Journals of Tuesday, we gave the outline of that affair. We now subjoin, from Galignanfs Messenger, Mar shal CLAusEL's dispatch to the Minister of War, dated Tremecen, Jan. 17 : " Two brigades, under the orders of General Peregaux, went out yesterday from Tremecen, following two different routes, in order to come up, by a converging movement, with the troops of Abd-el- Kader and the Moors of Tremecen, who were encamped in a gorge of the mountains, and two leagues and a half from us, between the sources of the Silsef and the Amighiera. A combat took place between our Arab auxilia ries and the soldiers of the Emir : 50 foot soldiers, out of the 200 who followed him, and who, with the 12,000 armed Moors of Tremecen, formed all his force, had their heads cut off. All the tents of Abd-el-Kader, 30 mules, and a standard, fell into our power, as well as a part of the population that had fled from the town. Many of the principal Moors, who had fol lowed the Emir, came to make their submission. The promp titude of our allies to advance did not allow our infantry time to take part in the engagement. In this affair we had for auxiliaries 400 horsemen of the desert of Angard, and 400 Douaires of Semelas, who, with the 2d Regiment of Chasseurs, amounted to 1,300 horse : we have never had here so great a force of cavalry. The chef d'escadron, Yousouf, whom I had fetched from Bona, was at the head of the native horsemen, commanded by El Mezary. Six times, while pursuing Abd el-Kader, he succeeded in cutting him off from his men ; he was afterwards separated from him only by a distance of forty paces, and, if his horse had not been exhausted by a gallop of three hours, he would certainly have taken him prisoner." PARIS, MARCH 2.—A letter from the frontier tells us that a brisk cannonade is heard in the direction of St. Sebastian. It was said that the Carlists, having heard of the departure of part of the garrison, had resolved to attempt an attack on the place, but the result was not known. It seems that the armies of Cordova, reduced to inactivity by the quantity of snow which covers the country, have been obliged to suspend their march to the environs of the Tuberi. It is not known what is preparing before Bilboa.—Memorial des Pyrenees. General Cordova, by a Band°, dated the 21st instant from the head quarters at Izaso, in the valley of Ul zama, again puts into force the decree by which the Spanish Government declared the frontiers of the Py renees in a state of blockade ; he indicates the bridges by which provisions, ammunition, and other articles for the use of the Queen's army may be introduced, subjecting the consigners to the new formalities which circumstances render necessary. The persons who inhabit the line of blockade are liable to divers penalties if they give rations to the rebels without having been compelled by force ; they will b e oblig e d in such case to furnish the Queen's army with ten times the value of the articles given to the Carlists. The Mayors of these communes will be condemned to labour at the fortifications during the war ; and the women who transgress these orders shall be sent to the interior of Spain. ' CL: in + LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1836. The question of the Newspaper Stamp Duties was brought forward by Mr. WIRE yesterday at the Court of Common Council, but in consequence of there being only one A lderman present—there would have been plenty, no doubt, had the discussion related to city feasting—the LORD MAYOR was compelled to break up the Court. On Monday next, however, the question will be again considered in the Common Hall, on which occasion Mr. O'CONNELL and several other Members of Parliament have announced their intention to be present ; the former emphatically observing, in his reply to Mr. WIRE'S letter of invi tation—" I look upon the abolition of the Stamp Duties on Newspapers as of such paramount impor tance, that I will readily sacrifice every other duty to attend that which I believe to be the greatest of all." Mr. O'CONNELL is right. The abolition of the taxes on knowledge is indeed a matter of " paramount importance"—at least if the diffusion of useful informa tion is considered indispensable to the welfare of a kingdom. An ignorant population is always a tur bulent one. Give the people knowledge ; give them an opportunity of acquainting themselves with that which is passing about them ; furnish them with the means of appreciating the measures and sentiments of those whom they have selected to rule over them ;—do this, and you at once obtain vouchers for their good behaviour. " To know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom," says MILTON, and with this " wisdom' . the abolition of the taxes on knowledge will abundantly supply the people. As for the apprehension that they will abuse the powers thus acquired, we scout the idea as a base calumny worthy only of a Conservative. If the peo ple are not to be trusted with a free, unstamped Press, why was the Reform Bill given to them ? If it be hazardous to pour in upon them the full broad day light of political knowledge, why was such a powerful weapon as Municipal Reform put into their hands ? Surely Ministers cannot dread a democracy which they themselves have been the first to raise into importance, and which still keeps them at the helm, despite the fzowns of the Court, and the intrigues of the Conser vatives ! It is a duty they owe to themselves and the country to settle this, question without further loss of time. None can be more pressing—few so much so. Every possible allowance has been made for the diffi culties of their position ; but really the time has ar rived when forbearance ceases to be a duty ; and when the people should sternly insist on the abolition of a vexatious tax, for which they have so long supplicated in vain. Mr. SPRING RICE, we perceive, intends bringing the question forward on Tuesday next, when we trust he will have the good sense to settle it effectu ally, and not by halves. A total reduction of the tax would b e th e most satisfactory principle of settlement; but if this be just now impracticable, a reduction to a penny, with a discount, might for a time answer. Any remedy short of this will be useless to the people, and detrimental to the Ministers who propose it. We say this in no disrespectful spirit, but simply because we cannot but feel that, as respects the Stamp Duties, and indeed all matters regarding the Press, Government has been singularly lethargic. Other and minor grievances have been removed, but the libel law is still unremedied—th e taxes on know ledge still unrepealed. Why should this be ? Is there danger that the people should become too wise for their rulers ? A Tory Ministry might reasonably entertain RICKS OF STOCKS THIS ialr. Stock. ji per Cent Red. :2 per Cent Cons. 91 3.% Z! , 4 per Cent. Ditto Red. TOO%7i, New 3% per Cent New 3 per Cent Maink LongA n nuities to expire Jan. 5, 1860 Oct. 10, 1850 Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880......... Jan. 5, 1870 Omnium pr"*“. PRICES OF FOREIGN FU NDS Austrian Bonds .......... _ Belgian Bonds —1 Ditto Account . Brazilian Bonds ......... 87 Ditto Account Buenos AVres Bonds Ditto A . ccount — Chilli - in Bonds Vitt° Account C.AtAumbian Bonds —l Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 18t14. ...... Ditto Account .................. Danish Bonds ..... ........... ' Ditto Account.... ........... Greek 80nd5....... . Ditto Bonds. 1;325 .........•••• no Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent..., Ditto Account — Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account 34 Neapolitan — The Carlists keep pretty near the Queen's troops : it is said they want provisions.-Messager, March 2. FRENCH FUNDS.-Pant', MARCO 2. Five per Cents., 109 f. 95c. 110 f. 109 f. 93c. 90c. Four per Cents., 104 f. Three per Cents., 80f. 70c. 80c. 75c. National Loan. 109 f. 75c. Bank Actions, 2,158 f. '7sc. Rents de Naples, 99f. 90c. 85c. Roman Five per Cents., 103 A%. Spanish Actives, 464%. Spanish Differes, 23X, 23. Spanish Passives, 15Mi. Royal Spanish Loan. 34. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 1033; Portuguese Three per Cents. 525 i. Dutch Two and a half per Cents., 56f. 25c. 56f. Hsytiau Loan, 395 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, -c. -c. ; money 25f. 50c. Three months, paper, 25f. 3,3 c. ; money, 25f. 33c -roars Authentigue. BOURSE, THREE O'CLOCK.-The settling-day being over, the speculators have taken fresh courage, and have raised the Three per Cents. to 811. sc. The Spanish securities are rather better, owing to the news from the frontiers, which is said to be that the whole of the Bastan has risen against Don Carlos. QUARTER TO FOUR.-Five per Cents., 109 f. 20c. ; Three per Cents., 811. sc. ; Fire per Cents. Spanish, -; Three per Cents. Spanish, -; Cortes, -; Coupons, -; Gueb hards, -; Differes, 17i; New Loan, -; Actives, 46a Passives, 153.; Ducats, 100 10 ; Romans, 103} ; Pedros, -; Belgians, 1031, ; Dutch, 56f. 25c. ; Haytians, 395 f. -C. ; Miguels, -; Brabant Bank, -; Belgian Bank, 14 ; Con tinuation, -c. ; New Differes, 23; Five per Cent. Perpe tuelles, -; Royal Loan, -. BELGIAN FUNDS.-Bitussets, MARCH 1. Actual Debt, 2 , A, per Cent , Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent lOl V, Loan of City, 1831, Four per Cent OCI., Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent 11:9•4 Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent ... -Brussels Papers, March 2. THIS DAY. CARLOW ELECTION COMMITTEE (THIS DAY.) —..--- The rush this morning on the opening of the doors of the Court of Chancery, in which this Committee sat, was tre mendous, and a considerable time elapsed before order could be restored. The crowd of persons in attendance was consi derably greater than on any previous day, the interest evinced by the public seeming to encrease as the enquiry proceeds. As soon as the Members of the Committee had taken their ylaces, Sir F. PoLLock said, in consequence of what had passed on a previous day, respecting the bankers' account with Mr. O'Con nell, and the Learned Gentleman having offered to place a copy of it in his ( Sir F. Pollock's) hand, he now wished to state that he had accordingly received it. He felt it due to the frankness and candour of Mr. O'Connell to state that, having abstained while in attendance on the Committee from looking into the account, he took the earliest opportunity afterwards of referring to the two items in which credit had been given for the two sums of 1,0001. each. He assured the Committee that he had not looked to any other part of the account, and that no portion whatever of it was seen by a second individual. As soon as he made this enquiry he scaled the parcel and re turned it to Mr. Sergeant Wilde. He might hereafter feel it necessary to take the opinion of the Committee on the question which he understood them only to have post poned, namely, the propriety of inquiring into the state of the account with Wright and Co. at the time of the lodgment. In the view of some persons that might be an immaterial inquiry —in his it would prove otherwise, and he only thought it just towards Mr. O'Connell to state his intention of making the application at a future stage of the proceedings. Sergeant WILDE said if during the progress of the in quiry the state of Mr. O'Connell's account with Wright and Co should prove material, he should not only not oppose, but he would court enquiry. He did not, however, suppose Chit it would be necessary for the purposes of this enquiry to go into such an examination ; and if his Learned Friend, Sir F. Pollock, was aware of the evidence which should be pro duced, he should be of the same opinion. _ _ Mr. Vigors, whose examination commenced yesterday, was then called in, and Mr. Sergeant WILDE proceeded to elicit from that gentleman the facts of the case, with which he was connected. We regret being obliged to postpone a publica tion of the evidence, as it is, in our opinion, conclusively fa vourable to Mr. O'Connell. Several letters, which passed between Messrs. O'Connell, Vigors, and Raphael, were put in and read. At the conclu sion of one from Raphael to Vigors, the writer said—" How I wish I could frank this !" whereupon O'Connell remarked, " Yes; he wished to frank it, but nut being able to do so, he forgot to pay the postage." This passage in the letter, and Mr. O'Connell's observation, caused considerable laughter in Court. Mr. Vigors was still under examination when our reporter left. DUBLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE - (THIS DAY.) The Committee met this day in the Rolls Court, the Carlow Committee having removed to the Court of Chan cery. Mr. AUSTIN resumed his argument on the vote of Thomas Walsh, which was under discussion yesterday when the Committee retired, and after consulting for about half an hour, carne to the following resolution :—" That it is the opinion of this Committee that Thomas Walsh is liable to the payment of the paving rate." Mr. AUSTIN ag ails opened the discussion on the same Note The Learned Counsel contended that proof of notice of de mand should be given, in order to disqualify the voter, and was proceeding with his argument when our Reporter left. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1836 CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.--JohnHas, aged 52, was indicted for stealing, on the 19th of December last, a Post-office letter' containing a sovereign, the property of William C ross, of Cheltenham. The sovereign was also charged as being the property of other persons. Mr. SHEPHERD stated the short facts of the case. The Learned Judge having summed up, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. CUSTOM.-HOUSE ROBBERY. Mr. Justice PARKE then ordered Huey to be brought. When he appeared at the bar, the Learned Judge said the prosecutors for the Custom House robbery had informed him that there was no probability of there being any other trial this Session. He might, however, be wanted as a witness against the other two men, May and Morrison, who were yet at large. The Court were, therefore, satisfied that he should be set at liberty, upon entering into his own racognizances, for 1001., to come and give evidence at any time he might be called upon. Mr. Clark, the Clerk of Arraigns, then took his recogni zances. Huey then gave his address—No. 6, Grove Cottage, West -street, Watworth-road—and was set at liberty. NEW COURT. John Langford, 28, was indicted for stealing a quantity oi plate, of the value of upwards of 101., from the dwelling-house of Miss Elizabeth Howard, of Tottenham, on the 10th of Fe bruary last. The prisoner was seen to enter the house by one of the fe male servants, who gave the alarm to Davis, the gardener. The prisoner was pursued, and at the Bulls public-house he was apprehended, with the plate in a basket in his possession. —Guilty. Charles Phillips, 29, was indicted for stealing four clocks, of the value of 801., the property of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, on the 23d of June last. The prosecutor, who is an extensive watch and clock maker, carrying on business at No. 68, Pall Mall, deposed that the prisoner was in his employment for nearly seven years, and left him suddenly, without any cause, on the day in question. Some time afterwards the property was missed, and prosecutor traced the prisoner to Birmingham, where he was apprehended and acknowledged that he had pawned the four clocks with dif ferent pawnbrokers, whom he named, in London ; one of the clocks was subsequently recovered, and the prosecutor identi fied it as his property—it was worth 20/. The prisoner called two witnesses as to character.—Guilty. William Gale, aged thirty, was indicted for stealing a geld ing, value 20/., the property of George Rhodes, a farmer of Shepherd, in Berkshire, on the 21st February last. The prisoner had been at work with the prosecutor, during the previous harvest. On the day in question he missed the gelding, and immediately got bills published, one of which came into the hands of Charles Morton, landlord of the Mag pie public-house, where the prisoner called with the horse, which he offered to sell for 141. Morton immediately gave him in charge to a constable.—Guilty. John Samuel Lear, aged fourteen, was indicted for stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, and other goods, the property of Thomas Ware, of Essex-street, Huxton.—Guilty. MR. BUCKINGHAM'S CLAIM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—To every sincere advocate for the liberty of the Peess, it must be a matter of gratification to learn that . at a fleeting of the inhabitants of the. Borough (!f Sheffield it has been resolved, amongst other things, immedi ately to commence a subscription " for the purpose of raising a fund to purchase an annuity to be secured on the joint-lives of Mr. and Mrs. Buckingham, and the life of the survivor." Knowing that you have taken a lively interest in the success of Mr. Buckingham's claims, I do not hesitate to request an insertion, or at least a notice of this communication, in your valuable journal. In the words of the Sheftietd Iris of Tuesday last, 1 " appeal to the conductors of the Public Press, not only in justice to our oppressed fellow-labourer in the same cause, but one who has suffered evils from which they are happily exempt," to give publicity to the liberal resolution of the men of Sheffield, accompanied by such observations of their own, or such an appeal to the community in which they take a lead, as their own convictions may sug gest as proper. I am, Sir, in haste, Your obedient Servant, London, March 4. A LIBERAL. Friday night a petition in favour of a total repeal of the taxes on knowledge, signed by 108 of the feuars and inha bitants of Gourosk, was sent off. The petition was agreed to at a Meeting on Thursday evening, and in the course of 24 hours it was on its way to Mr. Wallace, M. P., London, for presentation to the Commons. We learn that the inhabitants of this spirited watering-place are about to petition in favour of the Irish Municipal Reform Bill. By the law of Scotland, the mother, as well as the father of an illegitimate child, is obliged to contribute towards its support. A case on this point was decided the other day in the Sheriff's Small Debt Court at Dunblanc. —Ayr Observer. THE LAST OF THE ROMANS.—It would not be easy to discover in the whole range of ancient or of modern history, a time or a subject embracing nobler materials for the historical novel, than the final struggles for liberty in Rome, the miraculous revolution of " Rienzi." Mr. Bulwer's por traiture of him—carried thrOugh the rapid but absorbing inci dents of his extraordinary career, with admirable consistency —brings the man before us in his living lineaments. The plot includes a variety of striking figures and actions—of me morable events and remarkable persons—which, without do ing any violence to strict chronological accuracy, are rendered subservient to the main action. The work is conceived and accomplished with great skill, and will, it must be admitted, add even to Mr. Bulwer's brilliant reputation. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 4.—The marriage of support t r F B the Grand Seignor's second daughter, the Sultana Mirmah, is to be solemnised at the end of March. Her hand, it i s sa id, i s destined for the handsome Mustapha, Pacha of Ad r i anop l e . On Wednesday a deputation from the Ho use h o ld ers ' Associationurdett, B ar o t f . S t o t . r eq Anne's, Westminster, to the waitedmotion h Wakley for the repe a l of Sturges B ourne ' s A ct, and also to o use his exertions to obt a in the repeal of th e window-tax. The depuutafttihoen plurality directed tuhfevuattetse.ntioTnhouf window tax o he opera tion l they consi dered highly oppressive and most unequal in its application. Sir F. Burdett replied, that, as regarded the plurality of votes, he was of opinion that a man should have a control according to his contribution, as he would be expected to have a greater interest. He thought it would be advisable for the deputation to give him the heads of their objections, that he might look over them. Mr. Crouch asked Sir Francis to second Mr. Wakley's motion, which the Hon. Baronet declined doing, without knowing what alterations and amendments were to be introduced. The deputation having promised to send their objections in writing, then left the room. The restoration of the beautiful ancient chapel of St. Louis, attached to the Palais de Justice, is to be immedi ately commenced, for which purpose the archives that have been deposited there arc to be removed. —Paris paper. A fire attended by very extraordinary circumstances, occurred last month in the village of Lascoux, in the Creuse, ih France. A woman, in frying some eggs, suffered the butter to run over the pan into the fire. To extinguish the flames she threw water upon them, which only made them blaze up the more fiercely. The chimney caught fire, and the flakes from it fell upon two houses adjoining, which were completely destroyed, with three barns, occasioning a loss of about 18,000fx. The most remarkable feature of this accident is, that the house in which it originated escaped without damage. A woman named Joly, at Lille, was last week de livered of four daughters, all living. The first was born on Friday night at eleven o'clock, and the three others at ten, eleven, and twelve on Saturday morning. Our assize business is expected to be very heavy, amongst which the Ipswich bribery cases will possess the most interest. The parties to be prosecuted, in accordance with the resolutions of the House of Commons, are John Bury Dasent, John Pilgrim, Edward Bolton Finch, and Arthur Bott Cook. A special jury will be summoned. The Attorney- General will appear for the prosecution, and Sir William Follett is retained by the defendants.—Bury Herald. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, MARCH 3.—Wind W. S.W., moderate.—Arrived the Thomas King, Williamson, from Demerara ; and Atlas, Pearce, from Dublin, Arrived from the River last night the , Marquis of Chandos, Galsey, from Demerara ; Emerald, Murray, from Lisbon ; Cecelia, Walker, from Terceira ; Jus titia, Young, from Grenada ; Janet Whillis, —, from De merara; and Release, Blake, from Malta. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 3.—Wind S. W.—Arrived his Ma jesty's ship Pantaloon, —, Norfolk ; sailed 13th ult. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 2.—Wind S. to W.—Arrived the Active, Russell, from Terceira. Off port the Arno, Scales, from Cadiz. F AL MOUTH, MARCH 3.—Wind S. S.W. to S. W.—Arrived the General Brack, Fuller, from Bermuda. Sailed the Scor pion packet, —, for Lisbon, with mails. STANGATE CREEK, MARCH 3.—Arrived the Superb, Hue lin ; and Alice, Pefer, from Leghorn. MARGATE, MARCH 3.—Arrived off port the Quebec packet, Stephens, from Limerick. COWES, MARCH 3.—Arrived the Champion, Cutler, from Havannah. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 3.—Arrived off port the Jeanette, Bodeman, from Surinam. BRISTOL, Maßcil 3.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Cundy, from the Mauritius. LivcarooL, MARCH 2.—Arrived the Garonne, Skidley, Mogul, Licthley, and Marathon, Eldrige, from New Orleans; Katharine Jackson, Fish, and Tremont, Cunningham, from Mobile ; Samuel and John, Perkins, from St. Mark's ; Pow hattan, Thompson, Queen Adelaide, Rowland, Alfred, Chee ver, and Garland, Wittleton, from Savannah ; China, Lar mont, and Thomas, M`Queen, from Charleston; Edward, Thornton, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; and Atalanta, --, from Licata. Off port the Watt, --, from Africa ; Sterling, ---, and William Brown, —, from Savannah ; and Hebe, —, Gibraltar ; the Belfast packet, bound to Wex ford, has put back, with machinery injured, having been aground on the north bank. The William Pitt, arrived here to-day from Westport, making four feet water per hour, hav ing struck on the Patch Bank, and remained there ten hours . A brig was on shore near Boston on the 6th ult., with loss of masts and full of water. DUBLIN, MARCH I.—Arrived the Valiant, Thomas, and Eliza, Owen, from London. WATERFORD, MARClll.—Arrived the Flora, Povey, London. MONTROSE, MARCH I.—Arrived the Arthur, Becker, Pillau. ISLE OF MAN, FEB. 29—The Kate, Allen, from Chester, to Waterford, carried away her masts, and drifted to sea ; she was fallen in with the 25th instant, and towed into • Derbyshire Haven. CuwEs, MARCH 3.—The Louise Princess de Nederland has been got off the beach, apparenrly with little damage; and brought into the harbour. WHITEHAVEN, MARCH I.—The Elizabeth, Gibson, of Mary port, %as driven from her anchorage off Lamlash in the gale on the 23d ult., and has not since been heard of. ' SUNDERLAND, MARCH I.—The register and other papers belonging to the Burlington of this port, which sailed from Seaham on the 15th ult , were picked up a few days ago off Cromer. HARWICH, MARCH 2.—lt blew a tremendous gale all las' night from south-west. The Ann, of St. John's, New Brunswick, bound to Ireland, was totally lost near Boston previous to the sth ult. The San Andrea, Di Givio, from Havannab, has arrived at Nassau, after being assisted off the the Cat Keys, bound to Santander. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Arrivals this morning —French, Ostend, and Dutch mails. Their contents will be found in another part of the paper. Ship letters from Bermuda and Demerara also from New York of the 9th Feb. Extract of a letter from Montreal •—" The British American Land Company is still opposed by the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. A petition of divers inhabitants of the county of Stainstead, in which a large portion of the lands of the Company are situated, complaining against the establishment in the province of the Company, had been presented by a mem ber of the House, and it is to be feared that unless the Go vernment is firm in maintaining the existence of the Company, that it entirely will be frustrated." Consols, which left off ye s t er d a y a t 91-i for the Account, opened this morning at 911- • for M one y, 91i . Ex chequer Bills, 19 21 ; India Bonds, 3 5 ; India Stock, 2581 2591 ; Bank Stock, 218 - 219. In the Foreign Marlet, Spanish Active, which closed at 44i 451, may be quoted at present 45i ; Passive, 14 1 ; Deferred, 22 1 ; Colombian, 31i ; Mexican, 34 35 ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents.. 551 ; Five per Cents., 1 ozi The express brings the French prices from Paris higher— Three per Cents., 81f. sc. Also Spanish Stocks higher, in consequence of accounts from the Spanish frontiers that the whole of the Bastan has declared in favour of the Queen V Spain. HALF-PAST ONE. Very little business doing in the Consol Market, as the members of the house are chiefly occupied in the election of eighteen Committee-men ; the contest has been very sharp and is over, but the result will not be made public u ntil three o'clock. It is generally expected that new ones wil be elected. Consols have been during the morning at 94- 1 for the Account, and 911 for Money; Exchequer Bills, 19 21 ; India Bonds, 4 5 ; Bank Stock Shut ; India Stock, 258. In the Foreign Market a considerable depression has taken place in Portuguese Stocks. Five per Cents., done at 78, now 79 ; and Three per Cents., 484 ; Spanish Active Bonds, 441 45/ ; Colombian, 311 ; Mexican, 34 ; Dutch Two-and a_ flail per Cents., 55ii ; Spanish Passive, 14i; Differes, 22-a- Not much doing in the Share market this morning. THREE O' CL CK. Console for the Aoceent, 914 1. The following gentlemen have been approved by the Crown as Justices of the Peace for the City of Norwich :---.Sir Robert John Harvey, Colonel Harvey, John Angell, Esq., S a muel S. Beare, Esq., R. H. Gurney, Esq. , Anthony Hud son, Esq., C. Evans, Esq., Nathaniel Palmer, Esq., Philip J. Morey, Esq., H. Bolingbroke, Esq., Henry Willett, Esq., T. 0. Springfield, Esq., John Marshall, Esq., and W. Wright, Esq., M.D. SHOCKING DEATH.—A most melancholy instance of sudden death from accidental burning occurred at Taunton, on Wednesday last. The following are the particulars, as they transpired at an inquest, on Friday evening, on view of the body of Hannah, wife of W. Prideaux, tailor, in East -street, Taunton. The deceased, who was deservedly respected, was 23 years of age, and had been married only ten weeks. It appeared, from the evidence of the husband, that on Wednes day night, at about ten o'clock, they had both knelt down at prayer, and the deceased, having expressed a wish to kneel near the fire, they did so, and soon after, her husband observed her dress burning. He instantly endeavoured to extinguish the fire, and in doing so he burnt both his hands so dreadfully and became so horrified, that he scarcely knew what he did ; but he left her, and called aloud for assistance. Two neigh bours were almost instantly on the spot. They had great diffi culty in entering the room ; it being full of smoke, the unfor tunate woman standing at the door, with her arms lifted up wards, and completely enveloped in flames. The fire was soon extinguished, but, dreadful to relate, the deceased expired in a few minutes, and on raising the body, the face presented a a shocking spectacle,—.Devaes Gazette. COUR LAR. The King, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, left St. James's shortly before seven o'clock on Wednesday evening, escorted by a party of dragoons, for Windsor Castle. Wednesday was the anniversary of the Duchess of Cumber land's birth-day. The Princess Augusta entertained a select party at dinner, yesterday, at her residence in St. James's Palace. The Landgravine of Hesse Hombur g honoured Lady Camp bell with her company, at dinner, on Wednesday, at her resi dence in Hill-street. A deputation, consisting of Sir Samuel S. B. Whalley, M.P., M. Drummond, Esq. ; R. Cooke, Esq., Thomas Murphy, Esq., William Douglas, Esq., with the Vestry Clerk, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Home Office, on the subject of the St. Pancras Paving Bill. Mr. Colquhoun had an interview with Lord Glenelg, at the Colonial-office, yesterday. The French Ambassador and the Bavarian Minister transac ted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Pinney, M. P., had an interview with Viscount Mel bourne yesterday in Downing-street. Lord Sandon and Mr. Latham, accompanied by Mr. Waine wright, had an interview yesterday with Lord Glenclg, at the Colonial-office. The Cabinet Ministers dined with Lord John Russell, on `Wednesday evening, at his residence in Wilton-crescent. THEATRES. DR UR Y-LANE. The lover of genius, and he for whom the pomp and pa geantry of a spectacle has its charms, would have been both pleased by the performances at this theatre last evening. The former would have derived his source of pleasure from the Virginius of Macready ; the latter from, in the par lance of the bills, the grand chivalric entertainment of Chevy Chase. The opening scene introduces the Earl of Douglas (Diddear) seeking from Lady Mary Douglas, the Witch Lady of Lochleven (Mrs. Vining), a reply to his question as to the faith of Lady Elinor Neville (Miss Ford), whose hand had been pledged to him by her father the Earl of Westmoreland (Mathews). His answer is given by show ing to him in a magic mirror, we presume, the walls of Raby Castle, and the fair Elinor receiving at its portals the gift of her lover, Henry Percy (Cooper), from the hand of his squire, and promising to flee from its walls with him. Carry on the picture, suppose Elinor to have es caped, in order to avoid a marriage with the choice of her father, taking refuge in the cave of the Hermit of Wark worth, by whom she is brought to Northumberland Castle. At this moment the Lord Maxwell arrives at the Castle, and demands the restoration from Percy of Lady Elinor, who is then an inmate of his Castle. Percy, un conscious of her arrival with the Hermit, declares his igno rance of her presence at the Castle, but is at once surprised and astonished by the appearance of the lady herself; who explains the cause which prompted her to leave her father's home. Maxwell upon this taunts Percy with the charge of falsehood ; but the latter, in accordance with the chivalric spirit that reigned through the country at the time to which the plot is supposed to allude, passed unnoticed the insult until the banquet had concluded at which the Scottish knights were assembled, and then declares that he would hunt three days on the Cheviot Hills despite of Douglas and his train. In pursuance of this threat the followers of Percy proceed to the Cheviot Chace, where the conflict takes place between the rival chieftains, and Douglas is slain. Such is but an outline of the plot of this piece, which is partly told in song, and almost as equally divided in the information derived from the tableaux. There are a number of other characters grouped in without any appa rent connection or applicability to the story, which were admirably supported by Mrs. Humby, Harley, and Wei land. The scenery is splendid, the dresses are in unison with the costume of the age, and no pains have evidently been spared in its production. It requires considerable curtailment, and the audience were almost nigh, in some one or two instances, giving vent to their disapprobation. In truth half-past one o'clock in the morning is too late for a performance to terminate. OLYMPIC. Madame last night added a new burletta to the pleasing repertoire of her establishment. It is called Forty and Fifty, and though ❑ot possessing any new incident, is very amusing in the hands of Liston and Mrs. Orger, who made the parts they had to perform very effective, and the author, concoctor, or translator, had the felicity of experiencing the congratulatory plaudits of the audience. The house was crowded. It is said that his Majesty will be induced, in the course of the spring, to take a trip to Portsmouth, for the pur pose of inspecting the splendid teak ship Liverpool, lately ar rived from Bombay, as a present to the King, from the Imaum of Muscat. His Majesty, it is now said, intends keeping his birthday in Buckingham Palace on May 28th . The Palace is to be called " St. George's Palace." Her Majesty intends entertaining a large party of the younger branches of the No bility on the Ist of June with a ball, on a grand scale, to con clude with fireworks, purposely to enable the juvenile guests to inspect the beautiful and extensive gardens. A rich scene occurred yesterday before the Carlow Committee. Mr. Charles Pearson, the Under Sheriff, being DOW disclaimed by the ex- Sheriff Raphael, gave the late M. P. for Carlow a quid pro quo. Mr. Pearson was asked in his examination, if it was his practice to keep all letters addressed to him ? Mr. Pearson replied, " No ; not all." Now, for instance, said Mr. Sergeant Wilde, " Suppose Mr. Ra phael had sent you an invitation to dinner, would you have kept that ?" " Most undoubtedly," replied the Un der Sheriff; " that would have been such a rare occur rence, that I should not have failed to preserve it as a most choice autograph. 1 did once receive an invitation from the ex-Sheriff to dine with him the following week, when he told me he would ask a dozen friends to meet me ; but, from that moment to this, I have never heard anything more about it. Here is the note."—( Roars of laughter.) The Prime Warden and Members of the Gold smiths' Company will give a grand banquet on the 9th instant at their magnificent hall, to which the Duke of Wellington, Sir R. Peel, &c., are invited. ROYAL SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS.—The ninety eighth anniversary festival of this excellent Institution was ce lebrated yesterday in Freemasons' Hall; Earl Howe in the Chair, supported by Lord Burghersh and upwards of 250 amateurs and professors of music. The Lady Mayoress has issued cards for a grand ball at the Mansion-house on the 28th of April. It is to be on a scale of great splendour. Dancing will take place in the Eg) ptian Hall. SOUTHWARK.—REPEAL OF TIIE STAMP Du- Ttas.—A requisition to the High Bailiff of this borough is now getting up, and a great number of signatures have al ready been obtained, requesting him to call a public meeting of the inhabitants as early as possible, to consider the pro priety of petitioning Parliament for the total repeal of the stamp-duty on newspapers. STAMP DUTlES.—Yesterday Mr. Wire and other gentlemen of the Corporation presented a requisition signed by many of the most eminent merchants and bankers of Lon don to the Lord Mayor, to take the Chair in the Guildhall upon the occasion of the meeting of the citizens of London to consider the propriety of addressing Parliament to remove the stamp duties. The Lord Mayor at once consented to take the Chair at one o'clock precisely in the Guildhall. It is expected that there will be a most crowded attendance. PUBLIC 'MEETING ON THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL.—On Thursday, a general meeting of the inha bitants of York, convened by the Lord Mayor, in pursuance of a requisition, was held, to consider the propriety of petitioning the two Houses of Parliament against the consolidation of the Ecclesiastical Courts into the Court in London, and that the Court at York may be preserved. EXFLOSION.—Arthur, the druggist, now in cus tody for attempting to blow up his shop in Gallowgate with gunpowder, has been served with his indictment, and, we un derstand: his trial comes on in Edinburgh, on the 16th inst.— Scots Times. A few days ago a hen, the property of Mr. Ost eliffe, of Barnsley, attacked a large rat. The combat was se vere for a few seconds, but the feathered assailant came off victorious, as she succeeded in killing the four footed marauder. BLACK Fox.—A fox, perfectly black, has been seen at different times by several farmers in the woods at Swinton and Wombwell. Both woods are in the Badsworth Hunt. THE LATE RUMOUR IN HIGH LIFE.—We are assured from a quarter which we think may be depended upon, that the rumour lately revived of a claimant to the title and estates of a Noble Lord is untrue. The female alluded to was the acknowledged wife of a person who holds the situation of a clerk in a great mercantile establishment (the Bank of England), and she has lately died. The bov, her son, is by her husband, and acknowledged as such by him. The Earl retired to the South of France in the month of April, 1819 ; the boy was born a year after. We are assured that there is not the slightest ground for the report which has been in circulation as to the cause of the illness of a lady of high and distinguished rank. The lady alluded to, whilst in a delicate state of health, re ceived a sudden fright at a juvenile party given at Brighton Pavilion, and the unfortunate result was the birth of a still born child, attended with very afflicting collateral symptoms. Her Ladyship is fast recovering her health. STEAM.—Strange that there should slumber in yonder tranquil pond a power so tremendous, that, could we condense and direct its energies, it might cleave the solid earth in twain, and yet so gentle, that it may be governed and ap plied, and set to perform its stupendous miracles, by a child I d T e h g e r e d e i over has y c o t n h f a e t r r w e ha being e u r p o w n o u E I d n g r l e a s n i s d t its manufacturing boiled above pr l e 2 - macy, and will eventually produce changes, both moral and physical, of which it is difficult to limit the extent. One bushel of coal, properly consumed, will raise 70,000,000 pounds weight a foot high. The Menai bridge, weighing 4,000,000 pounds, suspended at a medium height of 120 feet, might hive been raised where it is by . seven bushels of eoals. M. Dupin estimates the steam-engines of England to possess a moving power equivalent to that of 6,400,000 men at the wind lass. And this stupendous agent is at present only in its in fancy.—The Tin Trumpet. PARLIAMENTARY SUMIVIA.RY. in the LORDS' tbere ---"w was no discussion possessing public interest. After Lord Teynbarn's complaint of a breach 0.! privilege on the part of the Post had been heard, Loge Londonderry postponed his motion re lative to Orange Lodges, and their Lordships then adjourned. In the COMMONS, a new writ was ordered for Paisley, Mr. Spiers having retired from the representation of that place. The report of the Committee on the Irish Consta-: bulary Bill was brought up. Relative to the question of Church Rates, a measure was announced b y Lord John Russell, to be brought in after the Easte r Recess. With reference to the case of the Dorchester Labourers, Lord .1- Russell repeated " that four out of the six p ersons con:. victcd would be permitted to return a fter the expiration 01 two years of their perioci of transportation — tha t was to say' in October next ; and the remaining two were now per mitted to return, at the expiration of three years from the period of their sentence. No circuistance had come to his knowledge which called for a further exer cise of the ItoYa l mercy." Leave was given to Mr. P. Scrope t o bring i n ( a l Bill to provide for a more equal assessment of the poOr highway rates throughout England and Wales. The print'lll of the Bill met with the expressed concurrence of Lord Russell. Sir R. Musgrave obtained leave to br in g in a Bill t°, improve the system of Grand Jury p resen tments in Irel ana• The motion relative to Hand-loom Weavers, and also that (n an uniform system of Prison Discipline, were severally postponed. With the concurrence of Government, a Com mittee was appointed, on the motion of Mr. WilbrahaM: to inquire into .the Indian Salt Monopoly. Mr. Hu me ' resolution relative to Committees on Private 8 i115 ,.: division, was negatived. Leave was given to M r. tv O'Been to bring in a Bill for the relief of the root Ireland. The Commission of Inquiry, said the Hon. Memb er ' had cost 20,000/. ! and Government was bound to legisla te upon the subject. There was an instructive conversation on the greater expense of collecting the public revenue in til l ; cauntry than in any other kingdom. A return of the receipts and f expenditure of Bethlem Hospital was ordered, on the motion ° Mr. Hume. The Attorney-General moved the Committee° of the Municipal Act Amendment Bill. The clauses o'er° fully considered, and some of them were altered. The 11°,11,,5e, was divided twice by the Tories, on the question , moved t Mr. Divett, that the Stafford (borough) Disfranchise me % Bill be now read a second time. On both divisions there vt.; an overwhelming majority in favour of the Liberals ; and Bill was, of course, read a second time. It was nearly t)11" o'clock before the House adjourned. IRELAND. LORD MULGRAVE AND THE DUBLIN SOCIETY. At the last meeting of the Society notice of the follo v/ ' ing resolution was given by Mr. Hamilton : " That this Society cannot contemplate without the mot painful feelings a publication, professing to come f rolli " The Royal Dublin Society," although emanating from 311 individual of that body—thereby attempting to involve .° tl3 Society in the discredit and disgrace of an attack on Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, of a most disresp eeb,° and unbecoming nature. That the Society do most tih's; tinctly disavow and repudiate all participation in the sentiments therein expressed, and still more in .the and language in which they are conveyed ; and the it incumbent on them to express their determination t° n ceive and consider, with all possible respect, the comilimve cation which his Excellency has been lately pleased to b° made to the Society ; and that whatever difference of ° P,,, nion may arise as to the expediency of adopting or otbe te wise the propositions contained in Mr. Drummond's luair letter, they trust that the Society may consult its ow n c „" e r ratter and dignity, by the temperate and respectful man a y in which the result of their deliberations, whatever i t Ilia ' be, shall be conveyed to his Excellency." ' A correspondence between Mr. St. Clair and The Hamilton has recently taken place on the subject. 'to former gentleman evinced a disposition to resort ,y the law of arms. Mr. Hamilton, however, having air claimed any personal disrespect to Dr. Meyler, the aff (of honour) may be considered as at an end. Lord Mulgrave intends visiting Killarney next sum ° o f The petition from the landholders of the parisll.oo Drumbo, in favour of the abolition of tithes and reg r a donum, and in support of Sharman Crawford's Lancb°,4 and Tenant Bill, was forwarded on Friday last , to 11.0 r Cloncurry and William Sharman Crawford, Esql, n ecl presentation in the Lords and Commons. It Catholics, by 1,650 persons, of whom only six were Roman ply and between 100 and 150 were Orangemen The clergy'O inhabitants of the parish who opposed it were the and the underlings of certain landlords. Tor The High Sheriff and Grand Jury of the county' —not ford, with two or three exceptions , have signed an excehoji, petition to the House of Commons, praying for th e a' . tion of tithes. ;‘, ; ORANGEISM.—It has been a vile and a filthy fa i ct ` h ` n g but, bad as it was, its deepest disgrace was the unbin s-i • n c e of lying pursued by the fellows hired to do its dir t y system of falsehood—the scandalous and indecent p rat w o rk the Press. But f or th e i r P ress , th e O r ange A 55° ,-, at bfig might have contrived to exist for another Post. TO THE ORANGE LILY. Thou wert bright in the eyes of the few, Who adore-1 at mad Bigotry's shrine— But Liberty blushed as she looked on thine hue, And the curses of millions were thine. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COVit The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Pr f ,' s „ - o rt) hereinafter named (the same having been filed in the %,,s'a l c are appointed to be beard at the Court-house, in P 16 , 30 street, Lincoln's t lnn- r fields, o o o l n i . Thursday, March 10, l' - ,• o per. Edwards, J. L., Great Surrey-street, Blaekfriars road, ste",,,rer• Moore, J., Red Lion-alley, Cowcross, Smithfield, h-orse-slaugli'Lriv Ward, J., Paddington-street, Baker-street, Portman-square, j" ture-salesman. Robinson, E., Park-place, Mile-end-road, milliner. Boston, S., Upper Marylebone-street, coffee-house keeper:4og' Hodgkinson, W., Margaret's-street, Cavendish-square , house- keeper. Lee, M. A. IL, Norfolk-street, Strand, lodging-house-keeoPecir;tie Fry, C., Austin-friars, a trustee of the Bolivar Mining Ass Judd, R. it., Birmingham, corn-dealer. A few clays ago a man named Pichot, fr-ry Ferte Gaudier, Seine and Marne, in cleanig an 0 1(1 „ .. dir i out trunk, which he had long used for ' depositing ashes Ygolt: covered a false bottom, in which were several roleatlX tUo p ho o ieces of the 14th and 15th centur, of the value 01 " 4,000 fr., ‘Nhich probably had remained there ever sit e cor wars of the League. There were also some papers , o"„ tents of which might have been interesting, but they W e ' f itte . , stroyed by the finder in his ignorance of their bable /7/7 (ADVERTISEMENT.) PATENT LEVER WATC Price, at T. COX SAVORY'S, 47, Cornhill, London• 11 ...£6616 0, SILVER CASES. With double-bottom cases.. With hunting cases GOLD CASES. Size for ladies, with ele gan t go ld di a l ... .....•••• i 1.13 1 8 II $ Size for gentlemen, w ith ename l di a l ....................... o hic 0,6 This celebrated construction (the most accurate Oi l o ith i 0 watch can be made) is now offered at the above price' e ll, latest improvements, i. e., the detached escapement , iesinsso four holes, capped, hand to mark the seconds, and ul 0 1 power to continue going while winding up. T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, Goo.. Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London. oa t-e c i littit N.B. The price of the flat, gentlemen Watches, on the same construction as above, is, with or Seventeen Guineas, with silver dial, Eighteen Gu ine° ' gold dial Nineteen Guineas. gentlemen's Traisfelool --- \V a . '' BIRTHS. On the 2d inst., at Kensington Gravel Pits, Mrs. 1\ ro o, cott, of a (laughter. pt I , • 13 On the Ist inst., at Bognor, the wife of the Rev. --* . of a son. c 0 I° 4' On the 2d inst., at lichen lady Stoke the of the Hon- F' f . of a daughter. Not On the 2d inst., Mrs. John Morley, of Lower ClaP daughter. C' MRRIED. e il l i. On the 3d inst., at St. G A eorge's, Hanover-square, t P si r . A. Thurlow, e, to Fanny Margaret, youngest daught er 0' C., y l Lethbridge, Bart. e- 506 e' er On the 3d inst., at St. Mary's Church, Bryanston t.,.0 Hulse, Esq., to Georgina, youngest daughter of Lie u ' ~th' Buller, of l'elym and Lannath, Cornwall. 0,0 0 ,0 o ty ° .0 On the 16th ult., at Rome, J. Taaffe. Esq. of the onu. cari o, i in Ireland, to Adiiana, Marchioness Gabuccini, of I v ett Papal States. , 36 0 o ' f t he On the 6th of January, in St. Lucia, Lieut. liepr e ' a ster to Isabella, only (laughter of Captain Carmichael, k'nY"' same Regiment. ~..rill/ o f D soLn / o E rodf D tch . th e j i a n e f k a snotnd, youngest Avell , e 4, On the 24th inst., at Wellesbourne, Stratford -on-'• ea- f dea• • On the Ist inst., at Lee-terrace, near Blackheath, ae'lki,v' Alexander Lo sa, the Island of Jamaica. Ile lir '' ‘iti On the Ist., Diana Henrietta, eldest daughter of t f C 4 Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square. wife o ~ On the Ist inst., in Bentinck-street, Mrs. Seton , v"' l3 ' 4 . o n B. Seton, of the Company's Military Service, at 1 3 ci nl _ sc i 7 510 0 On the 28th ult., at Seend, Wilts, aged 3 years a' to ot- ~,p l, C. P la a t u e le A t i Peao, ' „ 1 : 00 , : Emily Anna Margaret, youngest daughter of Lieu 4 61 '''' Ho gg e. .. a ret ....10 On the 2d inst., at 3, Keppel-street, Russell-square, h tr Ann, wife of Mr. J. 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